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tragacanth::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | gum |
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Dry pastels have historically used binders such as gum arabic and gum tragacanth.
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Gum tragacanth, or Dragon, is one of the most indispensable thickening agents possessed by the textile printer.
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Tragacanth gum has been linked in the past to potential allergic reactions in certain individuals, especially those suffering from celiac disease, because of its gluten residues.
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Different colours of enamel meet each other with a neat boundary, which was achieved by firing one colour with a retaining border of gum tragacanth before adding the next.
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For most purposes one part of albumen solution is mixed with one part of tragacanth mucilage, this proportion of albumen being found amply sufficient for the fixation of all ordinary pigment colours.
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- A gum used in pharmacy, adhesives, and textile printing
- Tragacanth is a natural gum obtained from the dried sap of several species of Middle Eastern legumes of the genus Astragalus, including A. adscendens, A. gummifer, and A. tragacanthus. Some of these species are known collectively under the common names "goat's thorn" and "locoweed". ...
- Herbal gum. Used as a thickener in cosmetics and in hair care products as a hairspray or setting-lotion ingredient.
- A gummy exudation from the stem of Astragalus verus, collected in Asia Minor. It should be nearly white, and sparingly soluble in cold water; more so in hot; entirely soluble in alcohol.
- "Gum dragon", used in sugar paste.
